Wednesday, 17 December 2008

• We now have a Project Coordinating Team is in place, comprised of government officials, a construction team and development stakeholders.• A contractor has been selected to complete build of the facility• We have begun to source a builder to complete the retaining wall (a wall to stop landslides, flooding, etc.)• We have received the first tranche of funding of approximately £19,000 from the Government of Canada for a bus for the children of the Place of Safety.

Please donate to this important project and support Action for Children in helping the most vulnerable children for as long as it takes.

This last 3 weeks have just flown by, and one of the best things is that we just keep finding more and more lovely things about living here. The whole village seems to have taken us under their wing. Everyone is genuinely friendly and very proud that we love Dominica. Toucarie is a quiet spot and being on the Caribbean side of the island we avoid all the wild weather of the Atlantic side.

We arrived from St Lucia by ferry at 10 p.m. and our hire car was nowhere to be seen. An hour and a half (and an expensive taxi ride) later we were at the house with no water and no electricity. It was Sunday night and the next 2 days were public holidays - 30th anniversary of independence - so no hope of going anywhere or getting anything done.

Friday, 12 December 2008

Seattle is so dreary this time of year. Even with everyone's attempt to brighten up the city with pretty lights, it's still dark at 4:30 PM.

It's days like this and the coming weeks that often have me dreaming of warmer, sunnier climes. So this week on WhitneyandWyatt.com we posted a show about the lovely little Caribbean island of Dominica

If you like travel to off the beaten track places, Dominica is sure to please. Check it out below. Wyatt

Monday, 8 December 2008

PM Gordon Brown is to send Britain’s first black woman Attorney General to work alongside Barack Obama as our next US Ambassador.

The News of the World has learned Baroness Scotland will move to Washington to take over the prized diplomatic post in the new year.

She will replace Sir Nigel Sheinwald, who infuriated Obama with a leaked letter to Downing Street in which he CRITICISED the President-elect and warned of a likely clash of views with the UK over Iran.

Tuesday, 2 December 2008

The Salisbury Enhancement Committee (SEC) would like to extend its deepest appreciation to those who assisted in one way or another on all the projects throughout the village on Community Day of Service. We especially applaud those who turned up to assist with the project at the bayside, and those who were able to initiate their own projects in their respective areas within the community.

We see the need to continue the various projects and is therefore seeking the assistance of the general public especially the motorists, to complete the road projects. Our goal is to raise funds for the purchase of at least 200 bags of cement to complete, and assist with the various projects around the community.

On the day designated by the government as “National Community Day of Service”, more than 46 individuals from the community turned out to lend their support to efforts to rehabilitate the road leading from the highway to the bay side commonly known as “Batty Bay”.

The road, which is used by sea bathers, basketballers, fishermen, and mourners had been in a deplorable state due to Work in progresswear and tear, and water damage. The culverts, which were intended to prevent the flow of water over the road had for a long time remained blocked, as a result, forcing water to flow over the road. All of this was compounded by the excess growth of shrubbery along the sides of the road, making access to the area increasingly difficult.

Monday, 1 December 2008

Would Tom Cruise choose to take a mud bath? His Hollywood hair and Rodeo Drive wardrobe couldn't cope with such squalor, right? Wrong. And Dave, a Dominican who divides his time between farming the land and taking visitors out into the private rainforest estate that surrounds his bright-yellow home, was eager to prove the point to me, leafing through a worn photo album to show me snaps of Cruise caked in thick mud.

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Dominica should not be confused with the Dominican Republic.Dominica is located between French-controlled Martinique and Guadeloupe in the eastern Caribbean.

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